New York A 2378: Provides that candidates who have provided firefighting service may deduct up to a maximum of six years from their age for purposes of meeting the age requirements

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A02378 Summary:

BILL NOA02378 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05032

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SPONSORSmullen

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COSPNSRSimpson, Angelino, Gallahan, Brown K, Manktelow, Walsh, Lemondes, Giglio, Blankenbush, DeStefano,
 Meeks, McDonough, Durso, Morinello, Brabenec, Hawley, Miller, Tague, Bendett, Bologna, Bailey

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 12 §§241 - 245, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the regional broadband expansion and access program act; relates to the cost of expanding broadband access.

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BILL NOA02378 

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01/16/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2378

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, SIMPSON, ANGELINO, GALLAHAN, K. BROWN,
 MANKTELOW, WALSH, LEMONDES, GIGLIO, BLANKENBUSH, DeSTEFANO, MEEKS,
 McDONOUGH, DURSO, MORINELLO, BRABENEC, HAWLEY, MILLER, TAGUE, BENDETT
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authori-
 ties and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enacting the
 "regional broadband expansion and access program act"

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that, based on certain metrics, New York State is number two in
 3 the nation for broadband access, but the State's progress is far from
 4 over. Nationwide, the State ranks in the middle of the pack when one
 5 accounts for overall access to gigabit internet, coupled with the broad-
 6 band subscription rate. In 2015, Governor Cuomo established a $500
 7 million "New NY Broadband Program" that was intended to bring high-speed
 8 internet access to areas both unserved (download speeds fewer than 25
 9 Mbps (megabits per second)) and underserved (download speeds between 25
 10 Mbps and 99 Mbps), respectively. One thing became clear as many New
 11 Yorkers were unable to access necessary services due to a lack of inter-
 12 net access: Governor Cuomo's top-down strategy has failed. As the
 13 COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new "remote world", where the economy
 14 and our healthcare/education systems are dependent on a reliable broad-
 15 band infrastructure, access to broadband is needed in order to access
 16 necessary services.
 17 It is the government's responsibility to design a program that will
 18 provide this access. Doing so would increase access to remotely-based
 19 employment, education, and health services that will be part of the
 20 post-pandemic world. This proposal would completely restructure the
 21 State's strategy for delivering adequate broadband service and speeds to
 22 underserved areas. Similar to how the State altered course when estab-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05821-01-5

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 1 lishing the Statewide Wireless Network (SWN), the Regional Broadband
 2 Expansion and Access Program (RBEAP) would decentralize the current "New
 3 NY Broadband" process and permit localities to collaborate on and design
 4 regionally-tailored plans to ensure internet access to every citizen in
 5 their designated areas. Ultimately, this proposal would put the power
 6 back in the hands of localities who understand their own regions better
 7 than Albany-based State agencies.
 8 Eligible localities would form regional consortia to design plans that
 9 would guarantee broadband coverage to every resident in each consorti-
 10 um's region, whereby the consortia would have the ability to contract
 11 with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to design plans that work for
 12 their own regions. Each consortium shall comprise multiple "regional
 13 broadband districts" (RBDs). State funding, utilizing existing or new
 14 State and/or Federal funds, would be at each consortium's disposal for
 15 numerous purposes, such as the costs of contracting with ISPs to install
 16 or bolster broadband infr